Lovers of the Galaxy: Book Three: Raiders of the Lost Heart

by Trinity Blacio

  Taking a deep breath, she rested her head on Volund’s chest as he transhifted them to the main floor. There, he slowly lowered her feet to the ground. She didn’t say a word as she observed the two women who were nearly transformed.

  One sat on top of the center steel table, Jaxxon hovered over her. The shirt the woman wore, one of Venus’s, was hiked up, while he applied medicine to her back where the spikes had previously been.

  The young blond, leaned into Jaxxon and ran one hand down his chest. As soon as Volund released her, Venus sprang across the room. A tray went flying as she pushed the woman flat on her back with her arm across her throat.

  “You ever touch what is mine again, you’ll die. I didn’t save you for him, but for them.” Venus nodded to six warriors who were standing by the lab door, ready to attack if need be. She knew the commotion would bring them in, but damn six of them. It felt good to have so much protection, finally. Rough hands slid down her arms to her hands, covering them. “Easy, Venus.” Jaxxon nuzzled her neck. “I was just putting on the last of antibiotic she needs. As you can see, the females are doing fine.”

  He slowly moved her away from the woman and into his arms. Behind him one of the new warriors helped the woman off the table.

  Venus rubbed her cheek against his chest, gripping his arms tightly, and sucked in a deep breath. “I’m sorry. I don’t know what came over me, I’ve never acted like this before.” Venus glanced over her shoulder, and the woman nodded.

  “My name is Tony Freezom. I’m sorry too. I didn’t know he was your man. Thank you for saving us.” She huddled in one of the warrior’s arms as the other woman stepped forward. “My name is Brandy Sliman. I don’t know how you did it, but we owe you so much.”

  Venus grinned and turned in Jaxxon’s arms to face the new women. “It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m really sorry about earlier. I guess being pregnant has affected more than I realized. Anyway, this man behind me is Jaxxon Rolarai.” She waved her arm around the room.

  “All the men here are from different solar systems. I’m afraid there are only a few un affected Earth men left, but I have no idea where they are. Jaxxon and his brother, Volund, have come here to help save our planet.”

  Leaning over, Volund kissed her cheek. The women gasped, and she smiled. “Yes, both brothers are my bonded partners, or what we once called husbands. Things have changed much, I’m afraid. I have a room set up that you two can share for now. I think being with someone, who has gone through the same thing, might help you. Until we can make the rest of the city safe, this is our main headquarters.”

  Jaxxon handed a small bag to one of the warriors overseeing the women. “There are a few things in here that will help you get settled. The warrior behind you, Tony, is Avnikeye, and Brandy, the warrior standing next to you is Desh-Ka. They will show you to your quarters and help you with anything you need. This building is the only one that’s secure. You can find Venus and the two of us on the top floor. On the fifth floor, we have some children staying with us, and two other women who are watching them, You will be meeting them soon, your room is on the same level. The other men are staying on floors below yours, so you will be perfectly safe. You need to rest and build up your strength. Tomorrow we will talk more and explain much.”

  Once Jaxxon nodded, the woman vanished with the warriors.

  Someone laughed behind them. Startled, Venus spun around to glare at Zandor.

  “You are a quick one,” he stated. “I didn’t think a human could move that fast and be that deadly.”

  Before Venus could say a word, Charlotte sneaked up behind Zandor and kicked right under his knee. He stumbled and spun around with a long, copper looking knife in his hand. “What do you think you are doing, woman? I could have killed you.” He placed his long blade back into his holder and snarled, but that didn’t stop Charlotte.

  “I was showing you that we females know how to handle ourselves. You will quit hassling Venus, or I swear I’ll make sure you have no balls left to father any children, you over-grown lizard.” Charlotte poked his chest, her five-foot- frame barely coming up to his chin.

  “And here I thought you were a gentleman,” she grumbled and turned to walk away, but not before Zandor wrapped his arm around her waist, holding her still.

  “I never said I was a gentleman.” He leaned over and nipped Charlotte’s nose. “Don’t temp us, beautiful woman. We do not want to hurt you. We are more than you can handle.” Zandor turned to stare at Venus. He held himself still, looking at her, as if trying to come to a conclusion.

  “I apologize if I offended you, Venus, but I was really paying you a compliment. You certainly are the warrior my friends claim you are.” He bowed his head

  Three sets of dings filled the main floor room, shocking them all as they spun towards the noise.

  She turned to see what the men were looking at. “What the…?” Venus saw that the elevator bank in the hallway was operational.

  “I wonder what else I have over looked,” she grumbled, upset, knowing that anything could have gotten in from the tunnels beneath the city, she hadn’t been as secure as she’d thought she had been.

  “I believe we are about to see something of what is down in the tunnels.” Zandor pushed Charlotte behind him, as Jaxxon and Volund stepped in front of her too, protecting her.

  Venus’s mates were now covered in their armor, battle ready. She smiled and reached to run a hand over first Volund’s and then Jaxxon’s back, but yanked her hand back knowing she should not distract them right now.

  The elevator door opened, and three of the warriors pulled a skinny, dirty man out. “Watch it, you alien freaks!” he snapped.

  “Oh, my god, it’s our perverted mayor! Of all the men to be alive, it had to be him,” Gram yelled looking into the room from the hallway. Acwel and Badden were both trying to hold her back.

  “Release me, you big fools. I’m gonna kick his skinny ass,” Gram declared, angrier than Venus had ever seen her.

  Venus and Charlotte laughed, watching as Gram tried to get round Badden, but he wouldn’t budge. Venus tapped Volund’s shoulder. “Move out of the way. I want to see this weasel of a man.”

  He stepped aside, but pinned her to his side.

  She grinned and shook her head, as she gave her full attention to the mayor, Andrew Warton. “Gram is right. Of all men in this city, why the disease spared you is beyond me. God, you look pitiful. All these years you’ve been hiding in those tunnels?” Venus wrinkled her nose, before she covered her face with her hand.

  “And what the hell is that odor? My god, Andrew, don’t you ever bathe?”

  Her stomach rolled, and her eyes watered as the mayor stared at her.

  One warrior snarled behind Andrew. “It seems this man has a whole security system set up downstairs. From what we saw, he watched everything you and your mate did, Sir.”

  “To think you lay with those freaks,” the mayor shouted, half crazed. He tried to step closer to her, but Jaxxon growled, baring his fangs. “What would your parents think?”

  Jaxxon wrapped his hand around Andrew’s neck and lifted him. “You watched our woman and then you attack her with words. Throw him outside,” he glanced at the warrior who guarded the mayor, “and let the Bone Eaters have him.” He tossed Andrew across the lobby to the huge steel doors.

  “No,” said Venus. “We can’t do that. It’s dark now, so don’t take any unnecessary chances due to that jerk. We can put him at the edge of town tomorrow morning, but until then we need to lock him up. Put him in one of the traps I use for catching the Bone Eaters.” She spun away tucking her face into Volund’s now-naked chest, inhaling.

  “Would someone please wash him or get him out of here? I’m going to be sick.”

  Once again, Venus found herself in Volund’s arms and in their personal quarters. She sighed and glanced over to see her grandmother, just as she slugged Acwel.

  “Damn you, tell me first when you’re going to do something like
that.” Gram grabbed her stomach and moaned, her gaze meeting hers. “How the hell do you get use to that vanishing trick? It’s worse than those old roller coasters.” She plopped down onto a chair.

  Badden sat next to Gram, as Jaxxon and Acwel appeared in the room.

  Placing Venus on her feet, Volund nodded to a chair. “Sit. I’ll get you something to settle your stomach.”

  She joined her Gram at the table, keeping her attention on Zander when he showed up with Charlotte, who jerked away from him kicking him in the shins, before joining them at the table. “Keep your darn hands to yourself asshole.”

  “What else was found in the tunnels, Zandor? You’ve sent some of your men down there, I take it you can telepathically communicate with your warriors?”

  He nodded, but kept his gaze on her Charlotte and looked at her foot. “Did you hurt yourself? He knelt in front of Charlotte to look at her foot, but she yanked her foot away from him.

  “I’m fine you big lug,” Charlotte snapped.

  “Is there something I should know about?” she asked, looking at her Charlotte then at Zandor.

  When her face turned a nice shade of pink, Charlotte yelled, “Venus!”

  Standing back, Zander’s attention was now on her. “There is nothing…yet. When we decided to move forward we will let you know. As for the tunnels, I’m afraid there are no food supplies left. The west end of the tunnel is not fit for any women or man. It’s no wonder your species is on the verge of extinction, such waste and destruction from a tiny worm, and to think he was your mayor.”

  As if on cue, Remus appeared in the room and agreed with him before he leaned over, sniffing Charlottes’ neck. “Our men will go through and see if there is anything we can salvage. We’ll take out and burn everything else.”

  The 19th century cowgirl she was, Charlotte swatted at him and pushed Remus away. “Will you two please stop with the sniffing? I swear you remind me of a couple of wild dogs.”

  Venus frowned and looked around the room. “Jaxxon, where is Tonto? I haven’t seen him for a while. He’s always around me.” She stood and walked to the hallway, but Jaxxon stepped in front of her.

  Volund hugged her from behind.

  “Tonto was hurt when we were hunting earlier. Right now, we have him resting in the back room of the lab,” Jaxxon said and tried to cup her cheek, but she yanked away. “We need to make sure the bite does not infect him, Venus.”

  She clenched her fists at her sides and glared at him. “You’re just now telling me this? How did he get bitten and by what?” She pushed Jaxxon’s hand away and stepped out of Volund’s arms. Tonto had been her one and only companion for the past few years, a friend who kept her sane.

  Chapter Fourteen

  Venus sat on the lab floor with Tonto’s head in her lap. Her men had been furious that she was there. With the chance of infection still so strong they had all but demanded she stay away, but she wasn’t about to leave her pet alone. He’d saved her many times over. Ino and Ka tried to lie down next to them to keep them company, but their size had them sitting at the door, watching.

  “Mommy’s here, Tonto. I won’t leave you. You saved my life so many times. I’ll never forget the day I found you, huddled in the bottom of that well. You were wet, dirty, and hungry.” Tears flowed down her cheeks, as she ran her hand down his back. The fur around his leg stained with his blood. “You’ll be okay, Tonto.”

  Jaxxon and Volund kneeled in front of her. “Venus, you can’t stay here all night. You need to eat and to rest. We will watch over Tonto.” Volund wiped away her tears.

  “I’m sorry I couldn’t stop that animal from biting him. It was so fast. I think it was one of the animals you call it a cat.”

  “He was attacked by a cat?” She knew there were no domestic cats around, and a small feline wouldn’t leave a wound this size unless… She slowly scooted out from underneath Tonto and accepted Volund’s hand in getting up.

  She strode to the tablet and turned it on. Biting her bottom lip, she turned the pages in the gallery of pictures she’d taken of various animals she’d encountered the last few years. Stopping at one picture, she glanced at Volund. “Is this the animal that attacked Tonto?”

  He glanced over her shoulder. “Yes, that is the creature. Even Ino and Ka could not catch it. It was vicious and reminded me of a smaller version of manga, from the planet Ron.”

  Jaxxon hissed. “Don’t speak of that animal. It shredded our tents just for the fun of it before he killed our concos.” He nodded to the picture. “You have had earlier run-ins with it and lived?”

  “Concos?” Venus echoed.

  “They are comparable to chickens,” Volund answered.

  Laughing, she patted Jaxxon’s arm. “Yes, here in my world we call the cat a cougar. Tonto will be fine. You must have gotten close to her babies. She usually stays close to her den.” She turned and smiled down at Tonto. “I told you to leave her alone. You’re lucky for some reason the cougars don’t seem to get infected.”

  His shoulders slumped, Volund released a loud sigh, and lifted her hand up to his mouth kissing it. “That is such a relief. I was worried, and he was with me when it happened. I would do anything for you, Venus, and to see the hurt in your eyes all but killed me.” He hugged her tightly.

  Placing a kiss on Volund’s chest, Venus rested her head on it. Jaxxon kissed the back of her neck. With just the three of them in the lab, she needed information and took the opportunity to discuss something privately.

  She stared up at Volund. “Now, do you want to tell me what is going on with your red friends and Charlotte?” She wasn’t worried about Gram, she could hold her own with Acwel and Badden. Charlotte was a different story. She did not know if the red warriors frightened her, too.

  Jaxxon cleared his throat, and Volund nodded. In seconds, they transhifted to their private quarters. Bringing Tonto and his pallet with them. Three heaping plates of food rested on the table, but no one was there. Gram or one of the others must have prepared everything for them.

  “Sit, and we’ll explain.” Jaxxon pulled out a chair for her. “You need to eat.” He cupped her breast from behind and squeezed. “I love you, Venus.”

  “We both do.” Volund kissed her cheek and sat next to her.

  Something was up, and for some reason she wasn’t sure if she was going to like it. “Do you really think I can eat all this, and what are these?” Using her fork, she picked up a round, bright pink, leafy thing.

  Volund grinned. “It’s sort of like your vegetables, but sweeter and contains all the nutrition you need for your pregnancy. Zandor and Remus brought a supply of it for you. They also brought the seeds so we can grow it.”

  Always curious, Venus took a small bite. At once, the food item melted on her tongue. A burst of flavor had her taste buds quivering. It was if her tongue had its first orgasm. “Oh, my!”

  It was honey, no chocolate, no caramel—the flavors kept changing. Venus’s eyes teared when the fire hit her, as the food entered her stomach. Volund handed her a glass of water.

  Both of her mates laughed and rubbed her back.

  “It does have its drawbacks,” said Volund, “but it is the best source of nutrients for you and our unborn.”

  They were both up to something, as she watched both men strip out of their clothes. Jaxxon’s long black hair was now in a braid pulled back, only showing a little of the red streaks that went through it. His eyes turned a deeper red color when he turned to go into their sleeping quarters.

  With Jaxxon gone, she took another bit and concentrated on Volund. He grabbed a bottle of water and guzzled it down. His cock thick and hard already, jerked as if…Her gaze flew to up to see Volund smiling at her.

  “Like what you see do you?” He took another gulp, but watched her at the same time.

  She took another gulp of water, and prepared to bombard her husbands with questions about Charlotte, even if they were making her horny.

  ***

  H
e could see it in her eyes, knowing they hadn’t deterred her questions. “Before you even start. I’m watching them very closely and so are others. From what I can see, we think Charlotte is their mate.” Volund raised his hand and stopped the words.

  “Yes, it can happen. They are compatible, but Charlotte must really want this, and agree with it before they can take her. Their race is different from ours, and Charlotte will of course have to be changed as you were.”

  She took another bite from her second plate of food. He loved how Venus tongue would come out and touch the fork before she placed the food in her mouth.

  He reached for his cock and slowly started to stroke it watching her. “Take your shirt of Venus, I want to see you.”

  Her head came up, and stared at him for but a moment. She set her fork down, doing as he instructed and sat back at the table taking another bite. Her nipples were hard and her breathing had become faster. He could see the excitement in her gaze.

  Both Volund and Jaxxon had learned early on that their Little Warrior might object to being told what to do when it came to her everyday life, but not when it came to their joining together. That caused a totally different reaction.

  Jaxxon returned to the main room carrying with him a bag in his hand.

  “Scoot to the end of the chair and spread those legs open,” Volund ordered as he pushed his chair back. He took a good look under the table as she obeyed everything he’d stated.

  Jaxxon took the bag he’d retrieved and crawled under the table and reached into it to pull out their surprise for her. Venus had not seen the toy they were about to test on her. “Keep eating Venus, and don’t worry about what Jaxxon is doing. You are to concentrate on that food and nothing more right now. Remember when it comes to loving you, we do what we want, and we know what you need.”

  Her hand shook, but she managed to take another bit, while his brother slowly pushed the small troth deep into her sypu. She squirmed for a minute, and then settled down when his brother got out from under the table. Jaxxon brought a chair over to join him, to watch.